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Deaths by Force on October 15

740 open cases in our database happened on October 15. Every one is a family still waiting for answers.

Deaths by Force (508)

Death by Force

Quentist Ahmad Alexander

Male, age 23 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Oct 15, 2026 · this year

A life was cut tragically short on the evening of Thursday, October 15, 2026, when Quentist Ahmad Alexander, a 23-year-old male, was shot and killed in Chicago’s West Englewood neighborhood. The fatal shooting left a family grieving and a community searching…

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Death by Force

Anderson Arthur

Male, age 29 · Lake Worth Beach, Florida
Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

Just before dawn on October 15, 2025, deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office were sent to the 900 block of South G Street in Lake Worth Beach after reports of gunfire. They found two men shot dead at the scene. One of the victims was identified…

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Darrius Hines

Male, age 29 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Oct 15, 2025 · 1 year ago

In the Pigtown neighborhood of South Baltimore, the late afternoon of October 15, 2025, was shattered by the sound of gunfire. On the 500 block of Callendar Street, a narrow residential lane, 29-year-old Darrius Hines, a Black male, was shot multiple times in…

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Cedric Watts

Male, age 33 · Bessemer, Alabama
Killed Oct 15, 2023 · 3 years ago

In the walls of Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Alabama, a life was cut short on a Sunday morning in October. Cedric Watts, a 33-year-old man, was fatally stabbed on October 15, 2023, within the confines of the state prison. His death was…

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Jennifer Lee Wear

Female, age 51 · Burmingham, Alabama
Killed Oct 15, 2023 · 3 years ago

Jennifer Lee Wear, a 51-year-old woman, was killed on October 15, 2023, in a hit-and-run in east Birmingham, turning what should have been an ordinary Sunday afternoon into a case that has lingered without a public resolution. Authorities said she was walking…

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Esaud Cortes

Male, age 47 · Lexington, Kentucky
Killed Oct 15, 2023 · 3 years ago

On the evening of October 15, 2023, tragedy struck on the 200 block of Race Street in Lexington, Kentucky, claiming the life of 47-year-old Esaud Cortes. Around 9:16 p.m., the Lexington Police Department received reports of shots fired in the area and…

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Santos Munoz-Hernandez

Male, age 53 · Baltimore, Maryland
Killed Oct 15, 2022 · 4 years ago

In the evening hours of October 15, 2022, a violent encounter on a Baltimore street cut short the life of 53-year-old Santos Munoz-Hernandez, a Hispanic male. The incident unfolded in the 2600 block of Wilkens Avenue shortly before 8 p.m. It was there that…

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Oral Woods

Male, age 60 · Chicago, Illinois
Killed Oct 15, 2022 · 4 years ago

Oral Woods, a 70-year-old African American man, was tragically shot and killed on October 15, 2022, in the Chatham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The incident occurred in the 00-99 block of West 87th Street. According to reports, the shooting happened…

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Ted Albin Honning

Male, age 62 · Columbia, Tennessee
Killed Oct 15, 2020 · 6 years ago

Ted Albin Honning, a 62-year-old man from Columbia, Tennessee, was tragically found dead on October 15, 2020. The investigation led by the Maury County Sheriff's Office revealed that Honning was shot once in the hip and twice in the head with a 30-40 Krag…

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Sulaiman Jalloh

Male, age 39 · Atlanta, Georgia
Killed Oct 15, 2019 · 7 years ago

On the evening of October 15, 2019, 39-year-old Sulaiman Jalloh, a husband and father of six, was fatally shot during an armed robbery at a Marathon gas station on Gresham Road in DeKalb County, Georgia. Jalloh was in his vehicle when he was attacked.…

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Miguel Herrera

Male, age 55 · Lennox, California
Killed Oct 15, 2018 · 8 years ago

Miguel Herrera was 55 years old when he died on Monday, October 15, 2018, in Lennox. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died after sustaining blunt force trauma at 10805 S. Inglewood Ave. His death was ruled a homicide, and it is…

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Daniel Halloway

Male, age 72 · Rosamond, California
Killed Oct 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

Daniel Halloway, aged 72, passed away on October 15, 2017, in Rosamond, California. His death was the result of a tragic incident that has left the community in shock and mourning. According to reports, Daniel Halloway was found dead following a shooting that…

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Fabian Acevedo

Male, age 26 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Oct 15, 2017 · 9 years ago

Fabian Acevedo, a 26-year-old Latino, was tragically shot and killed on October 15, 2017, in East Los Angeles. The incident occurred in the 1300 block of South Atlantic Boulevard, where Acevedo was found lying in an alley parking lot behind businesses and…

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Linda Lee Lush

Female, age 50 · Las Vegas, Nevada
Killed Oct 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

On the morning of October 15, 2015, the life of Linda Lush, a 50-year-old woman, came to a tragic end in Las Vegas, Nevada, following a confrontation with police. The events began to unfold when an undercover officer from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police…

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Patrick McGee

Male, age 32 · Twentynine-palms, California
Killed Oct 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Patrick McGee, a 32-year-old resident of Twentynine Palms, California, tragically lost his life on October 15, 2015. The circumstances surrounding his death were both shocking and deeply saddening for the local community. McGee was the victim of a fatal…

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Kaleb Alexander

Male, age 25 · Columbus, Ohio
Killed Oct 15, 2015 · 11 years ago

Kaleb R. Alexander, a 25-year-old African American male, tragically died on October 15, 2015, in Columbus, Ohio. He was fatally shot by a SWAT officer during an attempted robbery at a United Dairy Farmers store on the southeast side of Columbus. According to…

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Death by Force

Phillip Feek Jr.

Male, age 49 · Three-rivers, Michigan
Killed Oct 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the summer of 2015, a grim discovery was made in a quiet neighborhood in Three Rivers, Michigan, unsettling the community and unearthing a story of a man lost and forgotten for months. The body of Phillip Feek Jr., a 49-year-old male, was found inside a…

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Leonard Phillps

Male, age 69 · Brooklyn, New York
Killed Oct 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

In the quiet neighborhood of Ditmas Park, Brooklyn, a shocking act of violence shattered the morning calm on October 15, 2014. Leonard Phillips, a 69-year-old man, was fatally shot inside his home at 379 Rugby Road in what police described as a home invasion.…

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Joseph Roosevelt Penn

Male, age 26 · Los-angeles, California
Killed Oct 15, 2014 · 12 years ago

Joseph Roosevelt Penn, a 26-year-old resident of Los Angeles, California, tragically lost his life on October 15, 2014. According to the Los Angeles County coroner's records, Penn was fatally shot in the Broadway-Manchester area of Los Angeles. The incident…

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Samuel Tapia Zapata

Male, age 49 · Los Angeles, California
Killed Oct 15, 2013 · 13 years ago

On Tuesday, October 15, 2013, 49-year-old Samuel Tapia Zapata, a Hispanic man, lost his life under circumstances that remain unresolved in Los Angeles, California. His death was determined by authorities to be a homicide, cutting short his life and leaving…

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Lester Wayne Donaldson

Male, age 48 · Bellflower, California
Killed Oct 15, 2012 · 14 years ago

On October 15, 2012, Lester Wayne Donaldson, a 48-year-old Black man, was found dead in a Motel 6 in the 17200 block of Downey Avenue in Bellflower. Coroner’s records and contemporaneous reporting indicate he was discovered unresponsive by his parole officer…

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Pedro Lyis Garcia

Male, age 27 · Norwalk, California
Killed Oct 15, 2012 · 14 years ago

Pedro Lyis Garcia was 27 years old when he died on Monday, October 15, 2012, three days after he was stabbed in Norwalk, in southeast Los Angeles County. According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner, he died of stab wounds suffered in the…

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Tekola B. Bekele

Male, age 53 · North-englewood, Maryland
Killed Oct 15, 2008 · 18 years ago

In the autumn of 2008, a hardworking taxi driver's life was tragically cut short in a senseless act of violence. Tekola B. Bekele, a 53-year-old man, was found deceased on October 15, 2008. Originally from Ethiopia, Mr. Bekele had made a life for himself in…

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Gerrold Shropshire

Male, age 50 · Atlanta, Georgia
Killed Oct 15, 1998 · 28 years ago

Gerrold Shropshire, a 50-year-old male, traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, for what should have been an enjoyable weekend outing to watch a Falcons football game in October of 1998. He was a manager at Lester Coggins Trucking Co. and was accompanied by a colleague…

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Ronald Gutkowski

Male, age 51 · Atlanta, Georgia
Killed Oct 15, 1998 · 28 years ago

In the autumn of 1998, a business trip to Atlanta for a football game turned into a tragedy for 51-year-old Ronald Gutkowski. He, along with two other men from the trucking industry, Gerrold Shropshire, 50, and Phillip Ray Dover, 31, were found deceased in a…

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Blucher Soyars

Male, age 57 · Russellville, Kentucky
Killed Oct 15, 1932 · 94 years ago

In the autumn of 1932, a scene of violence and tragedy unfolded in the small town of Russellville, Kentucky, culminating in the death of 57-year-old Blucher Soyars. On October 15th of that year, Soyars, who held the positions of superintendent of the…

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Oscar Honea

Male · Faulkner, Arkansas
Killed Oct 15, 1914 · 112 years ago

In the autumn of 1914, a dedicated lawman met a tragic and untimely end in the wooded landscape of Faulkner County, Arkansas. Deputy Sheriff Oscar L. Honea, a 36-year-old man, was killed by gunfire on October 22, 1914. His death occurred while he was actively…

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Allen Britt

Male, age 17 · Saint-louis, Missouri
Killed Oct 15, 1899 · 127 years ago

In the autumn of 1899 in St. Louis, Missouri, a young African American male piano player named Allen Britt, age 17, was fatally shot. The events that led to his death unfolded on the evening of October 15th, stemming from a dispute with his 22-year-old…

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